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In the tradition of some other dear bloggers, I'm throwing some lyrics up here in honor of Song Lyric Thursday.

(To be fair, I was considering doing this anyway, then once I realized Thursday is Song Lyric day, I thought:  sure!)

I heard this on my "Enya channel" on Pandora.com last night, and it fit my mood and something I was thinking about. 

The song is "Want" by Michael Brook, off his 2006 "RockPaperScissors" album.

The lyrics are very simple and to the point; but that only enhances its atmospheric, melancholy, orchestral tone.

Of note: I didn't realize this until I started poking around online about him, but Michael Brook is the guy who composed the score to "An Inconvenient Truth".

Here's what Michael says about this song, taken from his website, which is really spooky and cool (www.michaelbrookmusic.com):

Track 2    “Want” is a collaboration with Lisa Germano and I think she did an amazing job creating personal and strong lyrics. The scenario for this song is where someone in a relationship has essentially decided it’s the wrong thing. But they can’t end it as the other person is always happy and they don't want to rain on their parade; or the person is always sad and they don't want to kick them when they're down. Richard Evans did a great job of taking the original chord progression played on a keyboard (which is slightly irregular but has a very emotional quality) and orchestrating it for the Bulgarian orchestra. The conductor of the Bulgarian orchestra was fantastic and had a strong understanding of the feel we were going for, which was a little more rigorous than romantic. And Lisa's vocal performance is emotionally involving without being overwrought.

This is dedicated to T.

"Want" by Michael Brook 

Waiting for a time
Waiting for the time to let you down

I don't want to
I don't want to

Maybe there's a way
Maybe there's a best time
To tell you
The things I'm going to say
The things I'm going to say will hurt you

I don't want to
I don't want to

It's gonna be okay
Even if I don't love you
Only in the way
Only in the way I used to

I want to
I want to

Just another day
Just another day to get through...